§ Mrs. Ewingasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the present gap in the sum of average weekly income per head in Scotland as compared with England at the last most convenient date.
§ Mr. Harold LeverThe latest available estimates, derived from the results of the 1965–66 Incomes Survey published in the 110th Report of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue, are as follows:
Population Total income Average per head per week 000 £m. £ s. d. Scotland … 5,204 1,833 6 15 6 England … 45,070 20,266 8 12 6 The figures exclude the incomes of persons with less than £275 a year. Total income is computed as for Income Tax and excludes income which is exempt from tax (e.g. National Insurance sickness and unemployment benefit). The population figures relate to mid-1965.